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C. A. RBIGHT.

MILK CAN. No. 77,092. Patented Apr. 21, 1868.

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Jan/mi 9/ 252% 7 4 @Initrh gums gaunt CHARLES A; ltElGlril, OF MIDDLETOWN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIM- SELF, HENRY B. DILL, AND GEORGE A. SWALM, OF SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 77,092, dated April 21, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN MILK-(LANS- TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN! Bejt known that I, CHARLES A. REIGHT, of Middletown, in the county of Orange, and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Milk-Can and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specificatiom. i

The object of this invention is to provide milk-cans, which shall be sufficiently strong to sustain the rough usage encountered during transportation by rail or otherwise, without becoming injured, and which shall notv exceed a reasonable limit as to cost. I

This object has been attempted in many ways, but the most satisfactory seems to have been to form the. cylindrical part .of the can, as shown at A, of'sheet iron, (about the quality No. 16. more or less,) but heretofore a thoroughly satisfactory result has not been obtained, as, from the thickness of the sheet iron, it could not be double-seamed with the top, 0, and bottom, E, owing 'to the greater thickness of the iron. p

The common tin of commerce is sufliciently strong for the top and bottom of the can, but when soldered to the iron, as heretofore done, it was frequently broken away from the iron at the seam, by the rough handling which they usually receive from railway-employees.

In order to obtain a stronger junction ofthe top and bottom of the'ean with the iron cylindrical part of the: same, I unite a band of tin, B, similar to the tin of the top and bottom, to each topand bottom by a double seam, as shown in the accompanying drawing, and solder these tin bands to the iron cylinder A, on the insideq of the same, by the curved soldering-irons well known to the trade. For additional security, I rivetthe bands to the iron,- as shown at a a, &c. v

The formation of the double seam causes the bands B to be less'iu diameter than the cylinder A, and it would not then come in close contact with the said cylinder in a manner suitable for soldering, without being upset or rimmed, as shown at b, which operation is performed with a proper tool.

Thus, by my invention, accomplish the uniting of the three aforesaid parts of a trade milk-can with a strong joint, which, from its'strength and even exterior,-is not liable to become ruptured by the most violent usage to which such cans are subjected.

E is the ordinary removable cap of the can, and D the iron band used to strengthen the base-flange of the same, also commonly used.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Iutent---- The combination of the tin band B, double-seamed, with the tin top or bottom of a milk-can, and soldered or riveted to the iron cylinder A, of greater thickness than the said bands, or top or bottom, all substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

CHARLES A. REIGHT.

Witnesses:

Enwm L. SMITH, J; M. H. LITTLE. 

